Unit 14246

Category: Layer    dug in 2007

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: grave fill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 2.00m x 1.00m x 0.15m 

Discussion: This layer contained the grave fill unit 14245, going down. It seems the grave was disturbed as disarticulated bones started to appear part way through excavation. This layer was very hard at the eastern end, which was shallower. The unit was quite mixed with harder burnt lumps of clay in the soil. The unit became quite mudbricky in places, and eventually what looked like whole mudbricks (orange in colour) appeared at the eastern end. At this point, a possible cut made by grave robbers appeared and thus this unit was stopped and two more begun for the original and redeposited soil. It is not yet clear whther the orange bricks were chopped away in the western half by robbers or redeposited by their backfill, although the latter is favoured. 

Recognition: colour, inclusions 

Definition: clear, defined by mudbrick 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: compacted, loose sediment 

Colour: light grey 

Texture: sandy silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pot, bone, iron nails, beads, obsidian, clay ball, burnt clay 

Post-depositional Features: roots 

Basal Boundary: very distinct and clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 14259 below: (Click to view the record) 14245 

Dry sieve volume: 150 

Total Deposit Volume: 150 

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 16

Number of Related Diary Entries: 5

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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